any of the specific points on the body where a needle is inserted in acupuncture or pressure is applied in acupressure
Word origin
C19: from acu(puncture) + point
Examples of 'acupoint' in a sentence
acupoint
Treatment principles underlying herb and acupoint selection were seldom reported.
Wing-Fai Yeung, Ka-Fai Chung, Maggie Man-Ki Poon, Fiona Yan-Yee Ho, Shi-Ping Zhang,Zhang-Jin Zhang, Eric Tat-Chi Ziea, Vivian Wong Taam 2012, 'Prescription of Chinese Herbal Medicine and Selection of Acupoints in Pattern-BasedTraditional Chinese Medicine Treatment for Insomnia: A Systematic Review', Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicinehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/902578. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Through these processes, we extracted characteristics of each acupoint based on its treating patterns.
Taehyung Lee, Won-Mo Jung, In-Seon Lee, Ye-Seul Lee, Hyejung Lee, Hi-Joon Park, NamilKim, Younbyoung Chae 2014, 'Data Mining of Acupoint Characteristics from the Classical Medical Text: DongUiBoGamof Korean Medicine', Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicinehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/329563. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Preliminarily investigations have been made into the biological basis for acupoint specificity.
Ling Zhao, Ji Chen, Cun-Zhi Liu, Ying Li, Ding-Jun Cai, Yong Tang, Jie Yang, Fan-RongLiang 2012, 'A Review of Acupoint Specificity Research in China: Status Quo and Prospects', Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicinehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/543943. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We also found distinct neural modulations during and after acupoint stimulation.
Yuan Kai, Sun Jinbo, Liu Jixin, Dong Minghao, Liu Peng, Dai Jianping, Bai Lijun, QinWei, Chen Peng, Zhao Baixiao, Gong Qiyong, Tian Jie, Liu Yijun 2011, 'The temporal-spatial encoding of acupuncture effects in the brain', Molecular Painhttp://www.molecularpain.com/content/7/1/19. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Its concentration at acupoint was significantly higher than that at nonacupoint and decreased after acupuncture.
Ting Luo, Yi Guo 2014, 'Specificity Study on Concentration of Monoamine Transmitters at Acupoint and Effectof Acupuncture on Its Distribution', Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicinehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/704507. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Each acupoint along the different meridians exhibited different constellation patterns at various disease sites.
Won-Mo Jung, Taehyung Lee, In-Seon Lee, Sanghyun Kim, Hyunchul Jang, Song-Yi Kim,Hi-Joon Park, Younbyoung Chae 2015, 'Spatial Patterns of the Indications of Acupoints Using Data Mining in Classic MedicalText: A Possible Visualization of the Meridian System', Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicinehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/457071. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, scientific representations of acupoint specificity remain controversial.
Youbo You, Lijun Bai, Ruwei Dai, Chongguang Zhong, Ting Xue, Hu Wang, Zhenyu Liu,Wenjuan Wei, Jie Tian 2012, 'Acupuncture induces divergent alterations of functional connectivity within conventionalfrequency bands: evidence from MEG recordings.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3494681?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Acupoint stimulation appears to be effective in treating fibromyalgia compared with medications.
Huijuan Cao, Xun Li, Mei Han, Jianping Liu 2013, 'Acupoint Stimulation for Fibromyalgia: A Systematic Review of Randomized ControlledTrials', Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicinehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/362831. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)